I am doing a oil change for my buddy. He drives 50 miles a day. Car is a 2000 Corolla. Would 4 qts of Castrol Start up last 5k miles or should I use Synpower. The filter will be Napa Gold
Castrol Startup on 5k OCI on TOYO Corolla
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With highway miles it should last 5k relatively easy.
Read this UOA ---> Corolla with GTX for 5.8k miles
Same engine same 50 mile commute.
Here is another ----> 4,900 miles on Pennzoil conventional.
Same engine same commute.. (you get the idea)
And these are in worst weather conditions that you'll ever see in FL.
Take care, bill
Same engine same 50 mile commute.
Here is another ----> 4,900 miles on Pennzoil conventional.
Same engine same commute.. (you get the idea)
And these are in worst weather conditions that you'll ever see in FL.
Take care, bill
Thanks guys. I love this forum....
Also I think I want to get rid of some of my odd lot bottles. I have 1 qt of Valvoline premium left. I think 3 qaurts of a mix of Start up and Synpower I never used. Should I just toss out hte 3 qt of brew,
Use them in his car, it's not gonna matter. I mix and match all the time because of left over oil.
I mixed in my mom's last OCI. 3 quarts of Mobil Clean 5000, 1.1 quarts of Valvoline, and 1/2 quart of Valvoline MaxLife and it didn't hurt a thing. I wouldn't worry, as long as it's all rated the same.
ok good all is 5w30
Man thats a ---- of a home brew how long was that in the engine for
3,000 miles (usually every 2 months). My mom mostly does short trips so I change it relatively early for her. As for rating, I meant the API rating (SL, SM, etc.).
o I am a Noob, and have no clue on API rating. Can you start me off in the right direction.
SM is the latest api rating .
bigbull,
If you want to try Valvoline "Synpower" then you made a wise choice. I'll never go back to dino unless I can't afford synthetic oil anymore. Persoanlly my dealership offers Mobil 1 so I just have them put that in my 89' Camry with over 200K and it's still going strong. Consider it as your Corolla can use all the protector possible.
Durango
I amjust going to use the 4 qt homebrew I have left in this car. its 3qt synpower and one start up
Oh, yeah home brews are a blast!
I had several qts of oddball oil laying around here from freezer tests and one day, while doing an oil change on the family Tahoe I dumped in...1qt BMW synth, 1qt Syntec 5w30, 1qt GC, 1qt Syntec 5w50 and 1qt Syntec 5w20.
That corporate V8 absolutely loved it!!! The piston slap that these engines are so famously known for was completely gone....
I had several qts of oddball oil laying around here from freezer tests and one day, while doing an oil change on the family Tahoe I dumped in...1qt BMW synth, 1qt Syntec 5w30, 1qt GC, 1qt Syntec 5w50 and 1qt Syntec 5w20.
That corporate V8 absolutely loved it!!! The piston slap that these engines are so famously known for was completely gone....
Man now thats what I call a real brew. What kind of BMW do you have.
My recent oil change used up some of the odd quarts I had on hand: 1 qt Startup 10w-40, 2 qts MC 5w-20, ~1/3 qt Syntec 5w30, ~1/3 qt GC 0w-30, 1 small bottle of Synergen Oil treat, almost 1 qt of Havoline Syn 10w30, and maybe 6-8 oz of LC.
All into a 6cyl '96 Honda. Engine just purrs along. Previous OC was 6 mos and a little less than 3000 mi on Syntec 5w30, and oil came out black as diesel with that red tinge to it and is about the 3rd change since an ARx treatment. Think i am set for winter.
All into a 6cyl '96 Honda. Engine just purrs along. Previous OC was 6 mos and a little less than 3000 mi on Syntec 5w30, and oil came out black as diesel with that red tinge to it and is about the 3rd change since an ARx treatment. Think i am set for winter.
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